Wrapper



Patented Dec. 25, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY e. Nonwodn, or BALTIMORE-MARYLAND, assrcrron r0 AMERICAN DAIRY SUPPLY COMPANY, or WASHINGTON, nrsrnror or COLUMBIA, A conrona'rron or MAIN E.

WRAPPER.

Application filed August 11, 1926. Serial No. 128,686.

and particularly to Wrappers for shirts and similar articles of apparel. One of the important uses for such wrappers is to protect laundered shirts, particularly while being returned from the laundry to the owner. Their function is to hold the shirt flat during handling, to prevent it from shifting unduly in the box or package and to protect the front of the shirt from contact with anything which might soil it. Incidentally, such wrappers ofier an opportunity for effective advertising. v

For commercial reasons the protector must be inexpensive to manufacture, must be capable of being shipped flat, and should be so contrived as to be easily and quickly applied to a folded shirt.

The present invention provides a one-piece protecting envelope. which meets the above requirements.

The preferred embodiment of the inven-- tion is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in Which Figure 1 is a front view of the finished blank from which the wrapper is folded or set up.

Figure 2 is a front view of the protector after it has been set up.

Figure 3 is a section onthe line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4: is a section on the line 44 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective showing how the edge flange and one of the cross straps are folded.

Wrappers of the type about to be described may be made of various proportions and sizes to receive various different articles of apparel, but as laundered shirts ofier probably the largest field of commercial use, I shall describe the invention as applied to a wrapper for shirts, without implying any limitation to this field of use.

. The blank for the wrap-per is of an oblong rectangular shape, and is composed of a suit i 'able grade of paper or cardboard. The

length of the blank approximately equals the length of the folded shirt. The width of the blank somewhat exceeds the width of the shirt inorder to afford material for two flanges hereinafter. described whose width is intended to approximate the thickness of the This invention relates to paper receptacles, folded shirt. The body portion of the blank is therefore approximately the width of the folded shirt and is, defined by two parallel longitiudinalfold lines 11 which are spaced from the side margins of the blank distances approximating the thickness of the folded shirt. The fold lines 11, like other fold lines hereinafter mentioned, may be scored, indented, creased orotherwise defined in any manner known in the art, the purpose being to define the, fold lines and facilitate the folding on'such lines.

Near one end of the blank is a transverse cut or slit 12 which terminates at its opposite ends between the fold lines 11 and the side margins of the blank. At the terminations of the slit 12 are short foldlines 13 which extend to the ends of the blank and which are parallel with the fold lines 11. The fold lines 13 approximately bisec-t the intervals between the folds 11 and the edges of the blank.

Immediately belowv the slit 12 is an approximately semi-circularaperture 14 whose contour and size are such as approximately to fit the neck band of a shirt. Near the lower end of the blank are two transverse slits 15 which terminate at their opposite ends between the fold lines 11 and the side margins of the blank. The ends of these slits are connected by short fold lines 16 which are alined with the fold lines 13 and hence approximatelybisect the intervals between the fold lines 11 and the side margins of the sheet.

The blank thus consists of a body portion 17 and 18 having side flanges 19 which are interrupted at the fold lines 11 by the cross straps 20 and 21. To set up the wrapper, the flanges 19 are folded rearwardly along the fold lines 11. At the same time, the cross straps 20 and 21 are forced to the rear, producing folds'on the fold lines 13 and 16 and reverse folds along those portions of the fold lines 11 which cross these straps. This produces on each of the straps 20 and 21 a small offset 22 so that the straps 20 and 21 are positioned near the rear margins of the flanges 19, and hence to the rear of and parallel with the body portion 1718. When the wrapper has been set up in this manner the shirt is inserted through the end adjacent the strap 20. To do this the shirt is laid in a folded sheet of cardboard which is then slid into the interval between the straps and the body is withdrawn while the shirt is held'against withdrawal.

It will be observed that the resulting wrapped package confines the shirt laterally and protects the bosom of the shirt while exposing a sufficient portion of it to permit the pattern to be identified. The side flanges 19 give a definite thickness to the package, which is an attractive feature, conducive to snug and even packing in the cartons commonly used by laundries and shirt manufacturers.

The device is susceptible to modification in various ways; for example, more than two straps similar to the straps 20 and 21 may be used on occasion, but as this involves a mere duplication it is not believed necessary to illustrate it.

What is claimed is:

1. A blank for apparel wrappers comprising a sheet of stiff material having parallel fold lines one adjacent each of two opposite margins of the sheet, strap defining slits extending across said sheet approximately perpendicular to said fold lines and terminating between the fold lines and the adjacent margins of the sheet, and shorter fold lines parallel with the first named fold lines and defining the ends of the straps at the terminations of said slits.

parallel with the first slit and also terminating between each fold line and the adjacent margin, and shorter fold lines parallel with the first named fold lines and definin the epds of said straps at the terminations of said 5 its.

3. A wrapper comprising in a single integral folded sheet, a body portion, folded flanges on two opposed margins of said body portion, and at least one strap connecting said flanges, said strap beingdefined by slits which extend across said body portion and part way across said-flanges and being offset from the body portion by two reverse folds adjacent each of the ends of the strap. 7 j

4. A wrapper comprising in a single integral folded sheet, a body portion, folded flanges on two opposed margins of said body portion, and straps connecting said flanges,

said straps being defined by slits extending across said body portion, and across a part of each flange, and being offset from the body portion by reverse folds adjacent the flanges.

. 5. A wrapper for shirts and the like comprisingin a single integral folded sheet,a body port-ion of approximately the dimensions of the shirt to be wrapped, folded flanges on two opposed side margins of said body portion, a strap connecting said flanges and defined by one end margin and b a slit extending across the body portion an across a part of each flange; a neck band receiving aperture adjacent said slit; and a second strap connecting said flanges and defined by parallel slits extending across said body portion and across a part of said flanges, said straps being each offset from said body portion by reverse folds adjacent said flanges.-

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

HARRY G. *Nonwoon. 

